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All the members of the Royal Commission respecting the colliery disaster arrived at Lithgow this morning, with the exception of Messrs. Turnbull and Jones. Very little, however, can be done by them in consequence of the pit…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →SPECIAL—Correspondents are requested to write on one side of paper only, and to use ink. BARMEDMAN. April 26…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →New South Wales presents a most interesting and important field for geological research. Probably no other portion of Australia of the same area (323,437 square miles) could be selected wherein so many of the more remarkable…
Continued on Trove, page 927 →INVERELL.—Telegrams report an extraordinary find of diamonds in Woods, Moore, Knapton and Morrow's claim, near Inverell. 2400 stones, weighing 625 carats, have been procured by four men in four…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The company formed to prospect the claim lately known as the Border Town Gold-mining Company, Black Range, have been steadily at work during the past month under the management of Mr. Pye. Two shifts have been…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →THE Croydon goldfield miners greatly disapprove of Warden Sainwell's report deprecating the field. A crushing battery is now on its way from Brisbane, and it is stated that the warden's statements are inaccurate, and the reefs…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →A lengthy report on the Croydon goldfield has been forwarded to the Under-Socetary of Mines by Warden Samwell. He elates that the number of protection areas is 48, and of registered claims 70. The number of reefs…
Continued on Trove, page 927 →Mr. C. E. Deeley, of the firm of Adcock Brothers and Co., merchants, Palmerston and Derby, and stationed at the latter place, gives some interesting particulars relative to the Kimberley goldfields, and also to the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The news from Westerk Auatralia, that gold is actually being found in the Kimberley country, is exciting the mining community. On Saturday the steamer Menmuir left Sydney with a moderate cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The time-honored co[?] between the several jurisdictions of the [?]ining and Lands Departments presents in a[?] the Australian colonies a very difficult problem. The object…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New North Clunes Company, Clunes.—The contractors have finished sinking the main shaft, and are now engaged in slabbing the well. There is no change to report in the drive or stopes. Lone Hand Company, Kingston.—For the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The correspondent of the Perth Inquirer at Roebourne, telegraphing on Friday night, reports that the latest item of news from Derby is to the effect that a nugget of gold weighing 2½lb. had been found by a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An encouraging telegram from our Grafton correspondent reports what appears to bo a very rich find near Grafton. One ton of such stone, if equal to the description, would distance…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On hearing of the decision of the Royal Commission to hold its inquiry with closed doors, Mr. T. T. Wilton, one of the proprietors of the colliery, asked to be informed of the commission's powers, and whether…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Sunny Corner Silver Mining Company, Ltd.—The secretary reports for the week ending 1st instant that five furnaces ran the full week and one for three days,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Examiner of Coalfields has reported to the Mines Department that the inquest on the late Lithgow Colliery disaster, concluded at 6 p.m. on Friday, and at 8.15 p.m. the jury gave the following…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Young gentleman," said the lecture in chemistry, "coal exposed to the elements loses 10 per cent of its weight and power. This is due to the action of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Soudan Company report a return for sixteen days' breaking and crushing 25 tons, of 57oz. 10dwt. smelted gold. The dyke is 23ft. wide, and showing gold…
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